The Christmas That Almost Wasn't is the 1983 direct-to-video program, which is presented by Chuck E. Cheese's/Showbiz Pizza Restaurants. It centers around Chuck E. Cheese and Jasper T. Jowls as they set out to the North Pole in order to save Christmas.

Scotty moves into Mrs. Engels' seaside mansion where three other college students are boarding. Mrs. Engels prefers to stay in her room in the attic, but her son Mason helps the students get settled. Soon one of the students is killed. The policemen on the case begin uncovering the Engels family secret as the remaining students become endangered